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Euro area: Slow growth

01 September 2015 | General

Euro-area GDP growth slowed during the second quarter of 2015 at 0.3% Q-o-Q (against +0.4% for 1Q 2015), above the average quarterly growth rate for 2013-2014. Growth increased in Germany (+0.4% against +0.3%) and Spain (+1.0% against 0.9%), sustained by net exports and internal demand. On the contrary, French growth collapsed to 0.0% against +0.7%) with positive contribution of net exports compensated by a negative contribution of inventories.

Credit risk cover for political or credit risk from Coface

26 August 2015 | General

Coface, the international credit insurer, is providing customised cover for credit and political risk to address the increasing challenges of international business.

China’s future currency fluctuations unsure

20 August 2015 | General

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) surprised the market by lowering the benchmark exchange rate from 6.1162 to 6.2298 (approximately 1.9%) per dollar on Tuesday August 11.